Kokeon
Kokeon | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Kokeon Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  Kokeon Kokeon (India) | |
| Coordinates: 6°52′06″N 93°50′12″E / 6.8682752°N 93.8366013°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| District | Nicobar |
| Tehsil | Great Nicobar |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 20 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 645183 |
Kokeon is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village was severely affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. A team of researchers who visited the village in February 2005, found only abandoned huts of the village's former Shompen inhabitants.[2] According to the 2011 census of India, Kokeon has only 6 households left. The literacy rate of the village is 0.[3]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| Literates | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers (all) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-workers | 20 | 13 | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Dr. V.R. Rao (14 May 2007). Tsunami in South Asia: Studies of Impact on Communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Allied Publishers. pp. 14–. ISBN 9788184241891.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.